The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-10-15


them No nation ever did any thing worth re-
memberng nor worth fighting for that did not
honor its heroic and martyred dead; who did not
count among Its incstimabie treasures
fame OF It's illustrious ancestors. Waihalla, the
Pantheon, Westminster represent only the
universal reverence OF man for the immortals
OF the glorious past. These, ut least, are ours
beyond the power OF fortune or the future We
stand to-day by the grave OF one who deserves
grateful remembrance; whose name can not be
forgotten so long as our tongue repeats the his
tory OF our liberties and growth. And the very
name illustrates the truth that institutions are
growths and not creations, that enlightened
liberty Is n development capable OF historical
philosophic training.
The warrant for the execution Of Charles l.
has been said by q great thinker to be with tho
Magma Charta and Declaration OF 1nde-
pendcnce, tho three nobest monuments OF Our
liberty, and he pointed out that to that War
rant and Declaration there was but one name In
common-the name OF Harrison-the ancestors
OF the soldier OF liberty and Chicf Magistrate OF
this Republic OF freemen, who sleeps in that
grave whose life was devoted to the spread OF
the civilizations and to the defense OF the nsti-
tutions of which these immortal papers arc
monuments. 1t is not therefore bypcrbolc to
declare OF this name that on the rolls OF liberty
It Is immortal.
Born in 1773 on the bosom OF the Common
wealth Of Virginia, his cvcntful and perious
sprang. Tho English-speaking peoplc have
been race OF soldier pionecrs colonists, not
adventurers; emigrants founding new empires
and building new States The most construct
i've race the world has ever scen II has pushed
its conquests In every part OF the world, and
when it once got foothold there 1t stayed;
when once the leavcn of its thought and religion
and civilization was put into the measure OF
meal any where tho potent fermentation began
and ceaslessly continued.
May be permitted to suggest that one OF the
unsettled problems OF our form OF Government
| is the mode OF protecting minorities when the
| point OF difference is wholly sectional and the
| division is also and necessarily sectional. True
| liberty in its ultimate analysis is "a potential
| voice in the Governmcnt-to be of and not under
| the Government: the mere form of voting, the
| pretense of consultation may be and has been
wholly illusory. If the rcsolute majority be en-
| tircy sectional the minor section qdodd hoe is
subordinate. which is subject; rs to that matter
it has no voice in tho decision OF what may
| be vital to it's interest and honor. That In free
| Stutes the majority must rule is no less true
| than that minorties must DO protected, and
| both can well be practically carried out, where
| the division is one OF opinion and Wow among
| a homogeneous people within the same terrific
| rial lines--a division OF neighborhoods, families
| and friends; for in such case all suffer alike,
| oil are benefited alike. But this Is not
| SO when the division is SECTIONAL and the
majority is caused solely by the denser popula-
| ton resident in one section; where the appeal
| is not to the sober thought OF people equally
| and similarly interested and presumably con-
| trolled by the same motives, but to different
| sections with apparently diverse interests and
| controlled by opposite motives. For such q
| case we have no other remedy than submission
or force; the bowed head of conscious weakness
or the appeal to arms.
There must be peaceful and honorable
remedy for tb's precise case; 1t will be found
As every age and generation must meet Its
own problems, 1t can not be that Our children
will uot find the true solution OF this one. And
it may be that in that alliance OF the Dominion
OF Canada on tho north and OF Republics
| on the SOUTH new and nobler con
tribution to the muniments of civil liberty may
be given by the heirs of those who wrung from
King John approval of the Magma Charta; o.
those who beheaded King and enthroned I
Lord Protector; of those who dethroncd James
and asserted the power of elccting King: o
those who gave to mankind the Declaration
OF Independence and the American Constitu
ton.
When we read in parallel columns the Magn;
Charta and oyr constitution; when we recall
the progress from Cromwell to Washington
when we realize me wondrous fabric OF on
freedom; surely wa may look with coniidenc'
and pride to the achievements with which ou
loss will bless mankind. and rejoice in the Ger
tainty Of the greater glory which awaits then
In the wider and graver duties which the prog
ress Of humanity demands
As we stand by the side OF this beautiful riv
er, within sight OF three powerful, free and hap
| py commonwealths, and recall the labors. tolls
sacrifices and dangers which made up the lif'
OF that hero whose grave we this day honor. am
of his comrades and generation: rs VI
recount the triumphs Won by them which lav
given us so noble heritage; rs we cast our
selves into that bcckoning future which thos
pride and love and gratitude. claim those sol
diers as our fathers and in the sight OF the cour
try and of the world we lift up their honOrc
names and dutiful lives for the imitation Of OF
children.
Rest, heroic spirit, in the bosom Of the Ian
your valor protected, by the side OF the river I
whose commerce you gave peace, amid the pee
. pie whose institutions you defended; and II you
immortal soul can be with us this day summo
to your side the shades of the lofty dead who's
chief you were, and share with us the blessing
OF the triumphs you won; blessing SO magnif
cent that no human language can fifty portra
them, and unite with us in the fervent praye
. that in the ages to come from your and on
loins will spring men like unto you, equal t
, their day and its peril.
When the applause which greeted Mr.. Brecl
enridge's speech had subsidized the vencrabl
Jacob Hoffner exhibited ring given to him b
General Harrison, which had once been an orn;
ment in the nose of the great Indian Chief, II
cumseh. L. NJ Davis made short spcccl
The shades OF night had begun to fall when tn
, audience dispersed, and the rising moon kisse
Y again, as it had done for forty-six years, tn
tomb in which the pioneer hero has been so Ion
ut rest.
Before the meeting adjourned resolution o
; fered by Colonel A. l.. Jones to the effect tn.
4 congressman OF Ohio. Kentucky and Indiana
: requested to ask an appropriation of $4,000 fc
the erection OF q shaft over the remains of Gcl
eral Harrison was enthusiastically adopted. Tn
celebration was u remarkable testimonial {
2 veneraton for the dead hero by the pioneer cit
zens, who will never forget his conspicuous an
noble qualities, and who seek to instill his G.
ample in the minds OF the future guardians
the Republic. 1 g..
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